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SUMMARY:Online - Hill Country Alliance Photo Contest - Home in the Hill Country
DESCRIPTION:The Photo Contest is open from March 22 through May 31\, 2023!\nThe Texas Hill Country – famous for its pristine streams\, blooming wildflowers\, star-filled night skies\, and tucked-away small towns – is home to over 3.8 million people and growing fast. Home to three of the fastest growing counties in the country\, the Hill Country’s population is projected to grow to 5.2 million in the next seven years. Native flora and fauna that have called the region home for millennia – from beloved gray foxes and live oaks to delicate monarchs and milkweeds – are finding their habitats reduced as our human homes continually expand into their native ranges. \nAs more and more people call the Hill Country home\, many of the region’s most special qualities – like sweeping open spaces\, clear flowing waters\, and starry night skies – are at risk of being loved to death and lost forever. This spring\, the Hill Country Alliance (HCA) calls on anyone with a camera to share your view of this iconic region and its many inhabitants in the 2023 Hill Country Photo Contest\, “Home in the Hill Country.” \nNow through May 31\, 2023\, entries can be submitted to HCA’s website. Photographers of all ages and skill levels\, from amateurs to professionals\, are invited to participate. Winners will receive cash prizes and their photos will appear in HCA’s 2024 Calendar. HCA’s annual Texas Hill Country Calendar features stunning photography from each year’s photo contest. \nClick here to learn more about the 2023 photo contest. 
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SUMMARY:Fredericksburg - Increase Your Gardening Enjoyment by Making it More Successful and Easier
DESCRIPTION:Paula Stone will share her insights on how to increase your gardening enjoyment by making it easier and more successful. Attendees will learn what is needed to make the garden of your dreams and how to enjoy the process.  The program will include a discussion of planning\, tools\, clothing\, weeds\, garden prep\, planting\, plants\, and maintenance.  This overview will help you learn what to do and how to do it\, and that will increase your confidence and enjoyment of your land. \nOver the last 14 years\, Stone has tried various plants and various gardening techniques to deal with the caliche soil\, lack of rainfall\, excessive heat\, and occasional ice storm that are common to Gillespie County.  Her presentation will summarize what she has learned.  Stone hopes that people new to gardening in the hill country will benefit from the many tips she will be sharing.  The goal of her talk is “to help new gardeners make a plan that will increase their confidence and enjoyment of gardening here.” \nStone is a three-term past president of the NPSOT Fredericksburg Chapter\, and has been gardening in Fredericksburg since purchasing her property in 2009.  Stone bought and restored a historic stone home on the edge of Fredericksburg.  She took the property from being so derelict that the realtor wouldn’t go inside to being on the 2012 Historic Home Tour.  The 10 acres surrounding the house were in equally horrific condition\, having been an exotic game farm/puppy mill that had “every conceivable weed that will grow in the hill country” says Stone. \nStone also credits her knowledge and enjoyment of gardening with the many educational opportunities available and friends she has made thru NPSOT.  Her home\, Gilbriar\, has been the site of many chapter plant sales\, meetings\, and several public garden tours. \n“The smartest thing I did for my garden was to join NPSOT and make friends with the people who know things!  I am grateful for their guidance\, encouragement and all the free plant cuttings and seeds that they have given me over the years.” Stone said. \n  \nFredericksburg Chapter\, Native Plant Society of Texas \nThe chapter holds its monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Joseph’s Halle (212 W. San Antonio St.\, Fredericksburg). There is a social time at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend in person and via Zoom. More information can be found online at https://npsot.org/wp/fredericksburg/ and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fbgtxnpsot). \n 
URL:https://hillcountryalliance.org/event/fredericksburg-increase-your-gardening-enjoyment-by-making-it-more-successful-and-easier/
LOCATION:St. Joseph’s Halle\, 212 W. San Antonio St.\, FREDERICKSBURG\, TX\, 78624\, United States
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